Combined scale and scoop.



Patented Oct. I0, i899.

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COMBINED'SCALE AND SCOOP.

(Application tiled Feb. 23, 1898.)

(No Model.)

SMN/$19014 3 C. B. rofford,

UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

CHARLES 4llOllN ROFFORD, 011" VIGKSIUR l, MISSISSIPPI.

COMBINED SCALE AND SCOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersatent No. 634,747', dated October 10, 1899.

Application filed February 2S, 1898.

[o al 'who/lt if 11mg f'r//Hvf/'lzff l Be it known that I, CHARLES lonN CROF- FORD,'a citizen of the United States, residing I at Vicksburg, in the county of Warren and State of Mississippi, have invented cert-ain 1 new and useful Improvements in a Combined Scale and Scoop; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to a combined scale and scoop.

Thn object of the invention is to provide a j simple, durable, and inexpensive device of this character, by means ofgwhich a merchant may scoop up merchandise and Weigh the same at the pointfvhcre it is kept, thus obviating the necessity of passing back and forth i from the bin or receptacle in which the matel rial is kept to the scales, and thereby saving much time and labor.

. With this object in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is i a perspective view showing the position the j parts assume when my invention is used as a scoop. Fig. 2 is asimilar View showing the l position it assumes' when used as a scale, and Fig'. 3 is a detail sectional View through the handle. y

In said drawings, l denotes the body of the i scoop, preferably providedwith a hood 2. To l this hood is pivoted a graduated scale-bar 3, i which projects into the tubular handle 4 and l is connected to the upper end thereof by a weighing-springt. l

-6 denotes a combined handle-support and gripi which is inclined aud is cinnected to the g hood of the scoop by the block'T; This grip l is preferably of trough-like construction, as l shown, so as to receive the tubular handle. l

- ing the grip and n i contents of the scoop may be weighed, the

bar. i be conveniently manipulated by one hand, and, as shown in Fig. l, the tubular handle 4 l the Weight. I the scoop need employ but one hand, thus y a tubular scale-handle to a graduated bar i when resting in said grip, having its free end Serial No. 671,262. No modclJ In operation where it is desired to scoop up and weigh merchandise-for instance, sugar or meal-the tubular handle and grip are grasped in the hand, as shown in Fig. 1, and the scoop in this position thrust forward through the material. Then by simply releasswi-nging the handle up the Weight being indicated upon the graduated It-will thus be seen that the scoop can of the scale and the rear end of the grip 6 are jointly plished the grip o is released Without remow ing the hand from the handle 4, which is now brought lo aivertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, to throw the Weight of the scoop and its contents on the scale-bar 3 to ascertain By this arrangement the user of allowing him free use of the other hand to hold the bag or receptacle into which the com tents of the scoop'are to be emptied.

Having thus-described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In ascale-scoop, the combination with the scoop and the concave grip fixed thereto, of yieldingly connected pivoted to said scoop, and

normally projecting sufliciently beyond the end of said grip, so that the 'handle may be grasped independently of the grip, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesscs.

" CHARLES BOHN CROFFORD. Witnesses:

GEORGE W. W AHL,4

F. J EIsELY.

grasped in the right hand to'load the scoop 01 pan, and When this has been accom- 

